A vaccine would be the ultimate weapon against the coronavirus and the best route back to normal life. If there was any time to fast-track a vaccine, it is now, writes @StuartAThompson. nyti.ms/3d3AhR4
The number of deaths from Covid-19 in 2020 has surpassed the number of deaths per year from H.I.V./AIDS during the height of the crisis in the 1990s. nyti.ms/3d3AhR4 
The grim truth is that a vaccine probably won’t arrive any time soon. Clinical trials almost never succeed. We’ve never released a coronavirus vaccine for humans before. nyti.ms/3d3AhR4
We asked experts how we could get a vaccine in the next few months instead of years. Here’s how we might achieve the impossible.
Fortunately, we already have a head start on the first phase of vaccine development: research. nyti.ms/3d3AhR4
Fortunately, we already have a head start on the first phase of vaccine development: research. nyti.ms/3d3AhR4
But what if a promising vaccine actually makes it easier to catch the virus, or makes the disease worse after someone’s infected? nyti.ms/3d3AhR4
If we do get a vaccine that works, we have to make billions of doses of it.
“The manufacturing task is insurmountable,” said Vijay Samant, the former head of vaccine manufacturing at Merck. “I get sleepless nights thinking about it.” nyti.ms/3d3AhR4
“The manufacturing task is insurmountable,” said Vijay Samant, the former head of vaccine manufacturing at Merck. “I get sleepless nights thinking about it.” nyti.ms/3d3AhR4
Even if a vaccine takes a long time, the history of H.I.V. offers a glimmer of hope for how life could continue.
Read on. nyti.ms/3d3AhR4
Read on. nyti.ms/3d3AhR4
